On this day in Canadian history...

by Sympatico.ca — August 1, 2007


1959 VANIER NEW GOVERNOR GENERAL

Ottawa Ontario- General Georges-Philias Vanier 1888-1967 appointed Governor General; first French Canadian to hold the post; serves from September 15, 1959.

1990 Chateauguay Quebec- Group of 12,000 angry Chateauguay residents march on city hall to demand removal of the native blockade of the Mercier Bridge outside Montreal; Kanawake Iroquois protesting Oka standoff, now entering its second month.

1971 Ottawa Ontario- Government ends censorship of letters to and from prisoners in federal institutions.

1969 Saskatchewan- Saskatchewan Premier W. Ross Thatcher 1917- says government will accept feed grain as payment for university tuition

1962 Ontario- Ontario Construction Safety Act comes into effect; employers responsible for safety of workers.

1944 Ottawa Ontario- Parliament passes Family Allowances Act; monthly baby bonuses to parents of children under 18.

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Aboriginal peoples, Adjournment, Amendment, Back Bencher, Bicameralism, Bill, British North America Act (BNA Act), Budget, Bureaucracy, Cabinet, Cabinet Shuffle, Campaign, Canada – United States Free Trade Agreement (CUSFTA), Canadian Security and Intelligence Service (CSIS), Caucus, Charter of Rights and Freedoms, Chief Justice, Closure, Coalition government, Committee of the Whole, Confidence Motion, Constitution, Democracy, Department of National Defence (DND), Dilatory Motion, Dissolution, Division of Powers, Election, Electoral System, Executive, Federation, Filibuster, First Nations, First past the Post, First Reading, Fiscal Imbalance, Fringe Party, Government, Government Bill, Governor General, Hansard, Her Majesty’s Loyal Opposition (Official Opposition), House of Commons, Ideology, In Camera, International Monetary Fund (IMF), Inuit, Joint Committee, Judiciary, Leader of the Opposition, Legislative Committee, Legislative Supremacy, Legislature, Lieutenant Governor, Lobbying,

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Majority Government, Métis, Minister, Ministry, Minority Government, Motion, Non-Governmental Organization (NGO), North American Aerospace Defence Command (NORAD), North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), Notice of Motion, Notice Paper, Order of Precedence, Order Paper, Paired Vote, Parliamentary Privilege, Party Convention, Party Whip, Point of Order, Political Party, Président, Previous Question, Prime Minister, Prime Ministers Office (PMO), Private Bill, Private Members' Bill, Privy Council, Proportional Representation, Prorogation, Prorogue, Question Period, Repatriate, Report Stage, Riding, Royal Assent, Sanction royale, Second Reading, Seigneurial system, Senate, Senate reform, Session, Sitting, Speaker, Special Committee, Speech from the Throne, Standing Committee, Subcommittee, Supreme Court of Canada, The Notwithstanding Clause, The Privy Council Office, The World Bank (WB), Third Reading, United Nations (UN), Voting, Westminster Model, World Trade Organization (WTO), Written Questions,

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